Ebay Selling Info
25
Apr
In order to amuse myself whilst Mrs eBay, eCommerce, life was in mothercare in Stratford (I do wonder what people will think in 2012 when they come out of Stratford tube and are confronted by one of the most horrible shopping centres in London) I bought the launch edition of the UK version of Wired. [...]
22
Apr
I have come across several online reputation management systems recently, all of which seem to be missing a trick or two. This is sad as one day these systems will be to web in general what feedback is to eBay (hmmmmm, perhaps that is damning with faint praise).
There are a lot of products [...]
22
Apr
I have been looking into visual search recently, and I have been disappointed with what I have found. The observer last Sunday talked about some sites to watch, one of which was Cooliris. This site offers a new cinematic way to discover the web, by browsing through the web’s images.
Perhaps I am behind the times [...]
22
Apr
Perhaps someone can help me out. I am at a loss to understand why Pixmania with their marketplace pixplace agreed to an exclusive deal with Channeladvisor. Surely this can only restrict the number of sellers through the system?
Perhaps they are just a bit rubbish overall. I have received two emails from them asking me to [...]
22
Apr
I was reading an article the other day about how to tell if you are going to be made redundant. This is a field on which I am something of an authority so here are my golden tips
Firstly, not having anything to do is a real danger signal. This is a difficult situation to get [...]
22
Apr
Christian Braun, formally of Auctioning4u, has started a new online platform aimed specifically at toy collectors. I caught up with Christian to talk about his new venture, toycollector.com.
What is your experience in online marketplaces?
In April 2003 I founded Auctioning4u which sold unwanted possessions or overstock on online marketplaces, pre-dominantly eBay. We have sold approximately 130,000 [...]
22
Apr
Recently i have been receiving an almost constant stream of cold calls from online marketing companies. I think that there probably two reasons for this:
Sales people frantically touting for business as sales plummet
My websites building their online profile and coming to the attention of sales people
The second point strikes me as slightly ironic. As soon [...]
22
Apr
I recently caught up with Jamie Parkins from eBay and eCommerce video provider Vzaar. Read on for an update on their business and Jamie’s through on the future.
Could you give us some background for Vzaar?
In April of 2007 founders Ken Moss and Ian Snead approached Adrian Sevitz an ex-eBay employee with an idea of [...]
22
Apr
Skype’s new TV adverts can’t hid the fact the some aspects of their service are pretty shoddy. As a man who like to do things cheaply, when I have been using skype-In to run my business phones. This seemed like a pretty good solution to me, much cheaper than installing a conventional phone line.
The problem [...]
22
Apr
I recently went out for Lunch with George Bevis from SpeedSell. As well as having some excellent food at the Pavillion in Victoria park, I got to know something about his exciting new business
Please give us an outline of your service and some history
SpeedSell is an online rag-and-bone business. We give an instant online price [...]
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